New Mexico Game and Fish officials were busy Wednesday morning chasing three bears.One was in a tree near Paseo Del Norte and Tramway Boulevard. Another was captured in the Tanoan area.A third bear was captured on Mary Ellen Place, near Montgomery Boulevard and Eubank Boulevard.“My mom was letting out our dogs and they were acting kind of strange,” said Monet Ramacciotti. “My dad said, ‘There’s a bear.’ I was like, ‘Really? Yup! That’s a bear!’”Ramacciotti said this was her first time seeing a bear that close.“It was kind of scary and creepy and kind of cool at the same time,” said Ramacciotti.This was the most bear sightings in a day this summer.It has been a busy summer, putting a strain on Game and Fish in terms of manpower and cash. But, department spokeswoman Rachel Shockley said they prepare for bear season financially each year.Shockley said the high number of bear sightings is no cause for concern. There has yet to be talk of thinning the bear population. Shockley said some areas could benefit from more bears. Game and Fish officials said some of these bears are adolescents off on their own for the first time. The bears' search for food brings them down to people's homes.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

New Mexico Game and Fish officials were busy Wednesday morning chasing three bears.

One was in a tree near Paseo Del Norte and Tramway Boulevard. Another was captured in the Tanoan area.

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A third bear was captured on Mary Ellen Place, near Montgomery Boulevard and Eubank Boulevard.

“My mom was letting out our dogs and they were acting kind of strange,” said Monet Ramacciotti. “My dad said, ‘There’s a bear.’ I was like, ‘Really? Yup! That’s a bear!’”

Ramacciotti said this was her first time seeing a bear that close.

“It was kind of scary and creepy and kind of cool at the same time,” said Ramacciotti.

This was the most bear sightings in a day this summer.

It has been a busy summer, putting a strain on Game and Fish in terms of manpower and cash. But, department spokeswoman Rachel Shockley said they prepare for bear season financially each year.

Shockley said the high number of bear sightings is no cause for concern. There has yet to be talk of thinning the bear population.

Shockley said some areas could benefit from more bears.

Game and Fish officials said some of these bears are adolescents off on their own for the first time. The bears' search for food brings them down to people's homes.